It explains why radiation associated with nuclear energy production, medical diagnostics, and medical treatments is generally safe and should not be a cause for excessive concern. Society’s carefully taught fear of radiation has been instilled purposely for a variety of reasons, some of which are quite nefarious. It should be overcome through greater understanding of both the reality of radiation health effects information and a recognition of the motives for the fear campaign.

Fear must no longer a deterrent for taking full advantage of the natural gift of incredible quantities of clean energy stored inside the atomic nuclei of certain actinide metals – specifically uranium, thorium and plutonium. Fear of radiation and nuclear power should not be allowed to continue decimating the Japanese economy by spending an extra $35 billion per year for imported LNG, coal and diesel fuel. It should not be used to enhance the power of autocratic, oil and gas-dependent regimes like those that rule Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Please set aside some time to watch this 45-minute presentation. Share it with your school age children. Share it with your friends and relatives, especially if you are the odd person out at Thanksgiving dinner who supports more nuclear power plant construction while others seem paralyzed by irrational fear of what might happen if they allow construction anywhere in a 200 mile radius of their home.

Rod Adams gained his nuclear knowledge as a submarine engineer officer and as the founder of a company that tried to develop a market for small, modular reactors from 1993-1999. He began publishing Atomic Insights in 1995 and began producing The Atomic Show Podcast in March 2006. Following his Navy career and a three year stint with an SMR design project (B&W mPower), he turned Atomic Insights into an LLC and began devoting his full efforts to publishing, writing, and producing.

Very informative, similar in many ways to the documentary ‘Pandora’s promise’ which should be watched by all green energy advocates. The EROIE is highest for nuclear energy compared to all other energy sources and that will only increase as new fission chemistries for Gen.111 and 1V are rolled out over the next 20 years. Of course this will occur mostly in China and India where in the former country, coal power is about to peak and will eventually be supplanted by nuclear and renewables.The comment about Russia being an autocratic country is unnecessary as I understand they have democratic elections. Russia and the former USSR have long been strong advocates for nuclear energy and not withstanding Chernobyl, they are pushing forward on the fast neutron reactors which are inherently safe to operate.Transmutation of waste to low radiation actinides will occur through Thorium LFTR molten salt reactors in the future.

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roger rabbit

September 11, 2014 19:45

At school here by the age of 16 you are permitted to handle alpha beta and gamma emitters. Ie radioactive sourcesI recall some sources were so powerful that they made the giger counter go berserk from around 5 counts / sec to thousands / sec and they were just passed around the class